The tyranny of the moustache

This little article from the Toronto Daily Star on the tyranny of the moustache has pretty much nothing to do with my research. I suppose I could make an undressed face link, and keeners on imperial research and its impact on bodies within the British Empire could probably have some fun with this. The Daily Mail has a useful article that looks at the role of the moustache in the British Empire.

“Forced Moustachios For Officers Only
Rank and File at Niagara Camp No Compelled to Grow Facial Adornment
 Proud wives, mothers, sailors, and sweethearts of the soldiers at Niagara Camp this week, and of the cadets who are going in July, need not be unduly alarmed at the war correspondent’s story in a morning paper to the effect that everybody at Niagara camp must wear a moustache, according to the King’s regulations. Our representative at the camp sends us the following reassuring message this morning:
“The order referring to growing of moustaches is an imperial regulation, being in force in camp with officers only and principally those of headquarters staff.”[1]

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[1] “Forced Moustachios for Officers Only,” The Toronto Daily Star, Tuesday, June 24, 1913, Page 4.